Moose FM CKLP 103.3 - Parry Sound

An earthquake centered west of Ottawa has been felt in Parry Sound and Muskoka.  Earthquakes Canada says it measured 5.1 with aftershocks of 4.2.

Bob from MacTier explains his experience.

A man on Campbells Road in Bracebridge also felt it.

The Moose has received numerous calls from across cottage country with accounts the earthquake and there are even reports of it being felt in Toronto.

The Festival of the Sound has made it possible to support a number of local groups all at one event.  Festival Director Jennifer McGillvray says they have rented the Stockey Centre tomorrow and invited local community groups to help each raise money for their causes.

Groups include the Biosphere Reserve, Museum on Tower Hill, Tower Hill Gardeners, Harvest Share, Community Living, Lakeland Long Term Care, Parry Sound Beavers and the Parry Sound YMCA.  The event gets started tomorrow morning at 9:00 and goes until 4:00 then will finish with the spaghetti dinner.

The Accommodation Review Committee has come to a consensus on what to recommend to the Near North District School Board.  At last night's final ARC meeting, the committee narrowed their options down to two with over 75 percent voting in favour of an option brought forth by parent rep Darrin O'Brien.

O'Brien says the recommendation will mean grade seven and eight students will spend time in the high school.

The next step in the process would be the board receiving the recommendation as information on June 25th before making a decision whether to accept the proposal or deny it on September 24th.  There will be one final public meeting before September 24th where members of the ARC committee and the public can address the board members to plead their case for this proposal.  No date has been set for that meeting yet.

You'll be able to buy liquor at LCBO stores in Parry Sound and Muskoka this weekend.  A tentative deal has been reached between the Liquor Control Board of Ontario and the union representing its workers, just hours before the midnight deadline.  The potential for a strike had many residents scrambling to buy liquor before the Victoria Day Long Weekend.